Friday, September 4, 2026

IndieEthos Insiders Tour 3: Toni Erdmann uses humor as lifeblood —...

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Below the surface of its brilliantly timed screwball humor, the German Oscar contender Toni Erdmann holds a tender story of staying true to family....

A re-cap of a hectic half-attended, still impressive Miami International Film...

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The Miami International Film Festival has just wrapped up another year of quality film premieres. Film for film, it may have featured the highest-quality...

Paul Dano’s directorial debut Wildlife gives actors space; Florida premiere with...

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All that is great about actors who take up directing is on full display in Wildlife, the directorial debut of Paul Dano, based on...

Something’s Shocking: Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures – A Miami Film...

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Miami Dade College's 33rd Miami International Film Festival opens tomorrow and with it comes a series of exciting movies, some of which we...

Critics and some centerpiece films make for interesting Day 2 at...

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Day 2 of the Miami International Film Festival provided the experience I was looking forward to most about the 30th edition of this event: an intimate...

Day 8 at MIFF: Major tribute to longtime festival MVP Fernando...

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http://vimeo.com/61229132 Day 8 of the Miami International Film Festival was probably one of the most reverent days as far as centerpiece events at the festival. It...

A cup of coffee in which director Whit Stillman and I...

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During the couple of times I met with film director Whit Stillman at this past Miami International Film Festival, something has bothered me about how...

My Golden Days explores the distorting filter of time with keen...

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“I am not Ulysses. No nostalgia for my country,” says the anthropologist Paul Dédalus (Mathieu Amalric) to a lover in Greece. With a title...

Brilliant ‘No’ premieres in Miami at MIFF Day 5, plus other...

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This morning most of my Miami International Film Festival coverage will be found on the “Miami New Times” blog “Cultist.” As I noted yesterday,...

The 33rd Miami International Film Festival – so far

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Sometimes cinema submits us into consent with images that tell us how to be, act or feel. The power of the Seventh Art can be...